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Cuba's Top Negotiator To Hold Twitter Q & A

WLRN Public Media | By Mimi Whitefield
Published September 30, 2016 at 3:54 PM EDT
Josefina Vidal is director general of the U.S. division of Cuba's Foreign Ministry. She'll host a Twitter Q&A Friday afternoon.
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Josefina Vidal is director general of the U.S. division of Cuba's Foreign Ministry. She'll host a Twitter Q&A Friday afternoon.

Josefina Vidal, Cuba's chief negotiator in the rapprochement with the United States, will host a Q&A session on Twitter from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Vidal is in Washington for a meeting on cybersecurity and the security of the flow of people and goods between the two countries, which was held Wednesday, and for the Bilateral Commission, a mechanism to discuss issues of mutual concern that was set up after the United States and Cuba renewed diplomatic relations in 2015. The commission, which also meets Friday, will discuss steps that may be undertaken to improve the U.S.-Cuba relationship during the remainder of 2016.

Those who want to take part in the Twitter Q&A should use the hashtag #AskCubaUS.

Vidal's Twitter handle is @JosefinaVidalF.

For more information, read the story in The Miami Herald.

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